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his Caffre name of Klangilan, turned it into Slangey," 
as short and easy to pronounce. The old fellow was a 
perpetual joke amongst us, but he was no fool, liked all 
he could get, and was not over fond of work, but a very 
good nigger on the whole. With much trouble we 
inspanned again next morning, and camped at Cremers," 
about twelve miles from Pieter-Maritzburg, where 
Woodroffe was to join us. E. and I rode on a-head, and 
found him there waiting for us at the roadside inn. The 
wagons didn 't turn up till dark, after a long and tedious 
journey, owing to the span of unbroken oxen being so 
troublesome. Dubois ought to have known better than 
buy them. An ox had been left behind, having strayed at 
Pieter-Maritzburg, and one of the drivers had remained 
to look for him. We were glad to get some dinner and 
turn in. 
3Ia^ \lth. Sunday. Didn't move again to-day, as we 
had made a rule not to travel on Sundays. Our camp was 
on the Umgeni river, just below the lower falls. I was 
much annoyed to find that two of the finest oxen were 
already sick with the ^^redwater," and would be unable 
to go on, so there were three short out of the thirty 
already. E. much better and stronger already than when 
we arrived in Africa, and all of us in good trim, and 
determined to enjoy the trip. Put things straight about 
the wagons, and rigged up a bed for Woodroffe in his 
compartment. We found it necessary to secure most 
firmly everything that was not fixed in the wagons, as the 
jolting was tremendous, and, in spite of precautions, we 
often found our things all of a heap at the bottom of the 
wagon after a bit of stony road, and now and then they 
would jump clean out. We dosed our sick oxen with Epsom 
salts and soap, but there seems no certain cure for the 
disease. It is very partial 'in its appearance, the northern 
parts of Natal being entirely free from it; and the cause 
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